How do you display your collection?

I actually have my own approach, which many space challenged collectors will find useful. I do not feel a need for displaying my entire collection. I keep a few pieces on bookshelves, and try to rotate them once in while. Most of my things are in their cases and in boxes.

Vlad - you should catalog your cameras - models, serial numbers, comments. You can do it in Excel or Access, or anything else that you like. This is a one-time massive effort which will be very helpful later. 200 cameras is a lot to keep in your memory. And then you'll start getting lenses soon.

Yes, I am keeping a similar list on Squirl right now, but something is in works that will move it to this site and maybe for some other collectors. When I am ready I will disclose some more details.

Vlad

Juhani,

I just wanted to say that your collection is very wonderful. I knew it would be from your posts on the different forums over the years. Thanks for showing it!

Regards, Bill

hi friends ..
how do you do , to publish some pictures here ? i cannot ...
sorry
Alain

You must have the picture in web as jpg first.
Then you put the url inside commandes like this:
[_img_]www_._the_webadress_for _the_picture_._jpg[_/img_]
But forget the "_" in my example, if I leave them away it will not display.

And thank you Bill. Sometimes concentrating in one line like Smena/Elikon can be best. Very early I did realize that I simply haven't got enough time, space and money to have all of everything. But if I narrow my line I possibly can do it! So I kept only some cameras that I like a lot from Kievs, Zenits and others. Extras I sold away, and financed thus the terribly expensive gems like Elikon-nonumber.

http://www.cedricfan.sivut.ws/Juhani's%20website%20ORIGINAALIT/

i am so stupid :
so, how to have picture on the web ???

That needs a better computer wizard to explain. I have webspace with my email-adress, and ftp makes the transfer. But I am not the one to explain how...

http://www.cedricfan.sivut.ws/Juhani's%20website%20ORIGINAALIT/

To say the truth, I still have no imagination how to place picture on the web ...

hmm... I guess I've had enough requests so I will build a special image upload section to host images for forum. Give me a week and you shall have it. This way you upload them and host them here...

Vlad.

Vlad,
Great idea - thank you!

OK, i must wait...great idea for a stupid old Frenchie...so i will do better pictures from my home presentation.
Alain

It is done! Can't wait to see it Alain! I got my box of Kleenex ready so I can weep in amazement when I see it..

hi Friends,
here is a part of my collection and this of my wife too....(she collect only mini and colored cameras)
i am collecting Soviets , Chinese and all "brother's country" camera in the former "East".
Unfortunatly for good pictures i have a reflectives problems in the glasses protecting from dust ...sorry
you can see here 1/3 of our batch ...2/3 are in cardboxes somewhere in the house.
The rarest cameras are in wood boxes whith red velvet inside (i made myself ) for collectors exibitions. (i will show you later if you agree.
ALain

there was a break in loading pictures ...sorry (above pic is smena collection (including prototypes) in aluminium case and in the black uper one : all my KGB items)
to be continued:

Absolutely incredible! I am shocked and flabbergasted! How many years did it take you to acquire all this Alain?

Alain, is this just one room? How many cameras do you have?

Vlad

No , another room whith tools and table for small repairs and some light restorations(many foldings and Boxes Europeans cameras +movies cameras +toys cameras and many disposables cameras....=
whith my wife (her own collection) we totalize more than 3 to 4 000 cameras since 17 years...may be...(including lenses)
but that is not important ...
what is important is to deal knowledge about and discover (this year i am on Chinese items

that is former teacher's addiction !!!

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Originally posted by mermoz37
what is important is to deal knowledge about and discover (this year i am on Chinese items

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Wow, seems we got one more common interest

http://www.cedricfan.sivut.ws/Juhani's%20website%20ORIGINAALIT/

just for fun ,
to morrow i stay in a small photo exibition, in my town where i exposed only "Fakes" cameras on a red "Lenin" velvet flag....including "sputnick 2" !
very big success indeed and some new collectors began some interst for our soviet addiction.
note : my head is not forged...but just after 1 year illness
freind regards to all
Alain

Hi, Alain,
When you say "to-morrow", iI think you meant… "yesterday"??
Best regards,
Michel.